CONTENTS 



Page 



Chapter I History i 



Chapter II Stock Plants 3 



Early Propagation 3 



Cold Frames 3 



Field Grown 3 



Imported Stock 4 



Novelties and Scarce Sorts 4 



Chapter III Propagation 5 



Cutting- Bench 5 



Selection of Cuttings 5 



Making- Cuttings 5 



Air and Temperature 6 



Shading- . 6 



Watering" , 6 



Saucer System ' 7 



English Method 7 



Divisions 7 



Potting- 7 



Chapter IV Specimen Plants 8 



Soil 8 



Re-potting- 8 



Stopping- 9 



Drainage 9 



Final Potting 9 



Watering 10 



.Staking- 10 



Disbudding- 11 



Feeding- 11 



Chapter V Miscellaneous Plants 14 



. Standards 14 



Market Plants 14 



.Sing-le Stemmed 15 



Miniature 15 



For Cut Flowers 15 



Grafting- 16 



In Open Border 16 



Hardy Chrysanthemums 17 



Chapter VI Packing- Plants 18 



For Express 18 



For Mail , 19 



For Export 19 



Chapter VII Commercial Flowers 20 



Soil 21 



Tying 21 



Watering 22 



. Spraying 23 



